Had an excellent Sunday, 30 September 2018, celebrating International Coffee Day with NESCAFÉ at Nasdak, the rooftop of the Media24 building They hosted two rooftop parties (one in Johannesburg on Saturday 29th and Cape Town 30th) in partnership with Kool Out...

Save the date: Spring Fair with WPCA 2018

Since I moved to Cape Town and discovered the Western Province Chinese Association's Spring Food Fair, I like to attend and stuff my face with Chinese treats and spend some time catching up with familiar faces in the East Asian...

Open Book Festival at The Fugard #obf2018

After receiving an invitation to be a panelist for Open Book Festival from the organisers (Mervyn and Frankie), I must say I had to reread the mail a few times just to make sure I wasn't seeing things. Soon, my...

#ItMustBeThePhilly – Matcha and Vanilla Rolls

Had a lovely Sunday baking with Philadelphia Cream Cheese. The Philly team got in touch asking if I'd be interested in collaborating on a recipe and seeing as it is my favourite brand of cream cheese, how can a food...

Speaker: INTENTION at CreativeMornings CT

Last month, I was invited to be a guest speaker at CreativeMornings hosted at Friends of Design in town on the 27th of July 2018. Creative Mornings is a global platform of breakfast lecture series for the creative community, and...

Just Add Rice book launch at The Book Lounge

Now that my book launch is over, I can do the grossly soppy ‘thank you’s. Here’s a post on the process, including all those that contributed to the creation of my new cookbook Just Add Rice – stories and...

A fun giveaway #justaddrice

I'm doing the giveaway thing!
WIN a copy of my cookbook Just Add Rice published by Quivertree Publications.
Step 1:Find a feature on Just Add Rice – stories and recipes by a Taiwanese South African in any of the following...

Watch this space for my recipe book 'Just Add Rice'

Wow... my book is ready to go to print. Look how amazing the cover looks, I can't express my gratitude and joy in words so here are some emojis.
Thank you to Craig Fraser and Libby Doyle (owners of Quivertree...

Where to buy Zongzi in Cape Town

My parents are both pretty badass cooks and are now selling Tainan-style zongzi (粽子) in Cape Town. Read up about the history of this rice cake on one of my previous posts here. This post also teaches you how...

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